MARY MCCARTHY - Memories of a Catholic Girlhood

Great Britain, Vintage, 2006. Reprint, Binding: Soft Cover, Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 009928345X Paperback Paperback. Blending memories and family myths, Mary McCarthy takes us back to the twenties, when she was orphaned in a world of relations as colourful, potent and mysterious as the Catholic religion. One of Mary's grandmothers was a blood-curling Catholic who combined piousness with pugnacity; the other was Jewish and wore a veil to hide the disastrous effects of a face lift. Despite an outward appearance of resepectability, Mary's Uncle Myers beat her for the good of her soul and her Aunt Margaret taped up her lips at night to prevent unhealthy 'mouth-breathing'. 208 pp.